Evolution of the Platypus

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The platypus is one of the strangest animals alive and is unlike any living mammal and is among a group of mammals that are also unlike any other mammals. This is because the platypus is incredibly distantly related to almost any living animal so why did the platypus and their relatives not?
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• Platypus footage

[@snowyyzoe]

little known fact: they’re extremely good at fighting and have even been used as secret agents

[@MaddysinLeigh]

Fun fact: the mother of the creator of Phineas & Ferb thought he had made up the platypus for the show.

[@JontyLevine]

Hold up…! The platypus can sense electricity…

[@awesomelyshorticles]

Whoever chose the name Ken Ham for a patreon account to support paleontological channels has a sophisticated sense of humor.

[@JamJestKesh]

imagine alternateline of evolution, where ancestors of platypus became like pacycetus, and evolved into giant whales with beaks

[@teawrecks1243]

the platypus didn't evolve, it was assembled in a laboratory by some drunk australian scientists

[@dinoactual]

Everyone always says “Platypuses have the body of a otter and a bill of a duck!” But nobody ever says “Otters have the body of a platypus and ducks have the bill of a platypus”

[@dislikebot]

Alrighty, but wheres Perry?

[@casandramedranobock8685]

I wonder what would the world look like if monotremes became the dominant group of mammals? Imagine if monotremes convergently evolved with placental/marsupial mammals that exist now. That would be interesting.

[@elumiomerk4013]

dude that's psyduck.

[@AmirDarkOne]

5:26

[@Brutaltronics]

bro this thing is like 4 animals in 1 package

[@alecmcgrathofcanada9175]

"Ken Ham" is one of your patrons. XD That's just hilarious. Hahaha

[@dubbixdub4376]

Monotreme evolution is truly unique

[@ricois3]

4:32

[@Nickthebrick8]

Every video including a platypus:

[@mrdillerfar]

Another interesting fact: Besides having electroreception, the bill is also very sensitive to pressure. So it can detect pressure waves from moving water displaced by a prey. The difference between the speed at which the platypus receives these two signals enables it to discern the velocity of the prey so it can predict where it is going to be in much the same way we do with our eyesight.

[@lukostello]

Id really love one of these about the evolution of the womb. So difficult to imagine how a species can transition from egg laying to live births incrementally

[@Emper0rH0rde]

I remember when I was a young earth creationist, and being so confident that no evolutionary biologist could possibly explain the existence of a platypus. That kind of confidence is very easy to have when you stay inside your bubble and never listen to any voices from the evolution POV.

[@BluJean6692]

Alternate history: more crocodilians go extinct at the end of the Cretaceous and larger Obdurodon-like monotremes fills the vacant niche...